but the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky said that russia has no right to nato's decision on ukraine's membership. he said this during a briefing, emphasizing that such decisions depend on the alliance's allies, and not on moscow's desire or vision. volodymyr zelensky also stressed that russia does not have the legal power to influence nato, and should not be given such an opportunity. he also added that it is important to have allied security guarantees for ukraine from europe, the united states and other partners, and also stressed the need to strengthen the ukrainian army as a guarantor of the country's and the european continent's security. french president emmanuel macron said that the decision to deploy peacekeepers forces in ukraine depends on kyiv, not moscow. in an interview with lepiziyan, he stressed that ukraine, as a sovereign state, has the right to invite allied troops to its territory without russia's consent. the franco-british plan envisages the deployment of several thousand troops in... in key cities such as kyiv, lviv and odessa to conduct training programs and dem

ukraine in a free, sovereign and secure ukraine. however, in practice, it's a different story: maximum percentage of ownership of the funds equity and financial interests, including decision making authority will be under the us. in other words, a big share of. control and profits will be handed to the us, another sign of us control comes in a different form, and that may be us's ulterior motives for this deal. once signed, this can affect europe's energy security and the continents reliance on new resources. now let's bring back our guest steve turley, he is an internationally recognized scholar, speaker and author. i'm going to pose the same question, the us president is more. to do a deal with ukraine while it drummed up the russian threat to european countries, he has even pivoted to russia to do business deals with it, yet it has described the eu as uh one created to a screw the us. what do you think that donald trump is thinking here? i think president trump really does believe that the old liberal international order is dead,

and ukraine's deterrence. finally, fourth, we agreed to develop a coalition, ready to defend a deal in ukraine and guaranty peace. mr. speaker, after all, the ukrainian position is completely understandable. for them, the war did not begin three years ago. that was merely the latest and most brutal escalation. they have signed agreements with putin before. they've experienced the nature of his diplomacy and the caliber of his work. we cannot accept a weak deal again. >> hear. p.m. starmer: we must proceed with strength, and that does require, urgently, a coalition of the willing. mr. speaker, we agreed on sunday that those willing to play a role in this will intensify planning now. and as this house would expect, britain will play a leading role . with, if necessary, and together with others, boots on the ground and planes in the air. mr. speaker, it is right that europe do the heavy lifting to support peace on our continent. but to succeed, this effort must also have strong u.s. backing. >> hear, hear. p.m. s

continuing on ukraine.r of course that while these talks continue, of the war continues on. i wonder if i could get your assessment of how you see things going militarily given this news now as well. >> without american weapons it will be easier for the russians no doubt about it. while i was in kyiv for example they had their worst -- the biggest drone attack they had had since the start of all of this from the russians. the russians also been boasting about that. and for hours in the capital city, you could see searchlights through the sky, old-style antiaircraft cannon fire and tracing up at the drones. i could hear the drones very clearly when i was standing on the roof of my hotel doing lives for the bbc. so the situation is both sides are actually very good at this drone where -- drone warfare now. and the majority of casualties on both sides are being forced out by drones. the shape of the war has changed when you remember these lines of tanks their old-fashioned heavy artillery. it's different now b

how much longer can ukraine afford to fight this war? well, i certainly can't give you an exact date after which ukraine won't be able to afford to fight the war. there's many fact. just to play into this, but clearly we are strained in terms of our budgets, our budget and our financing constraints, and that's the reason why the government is actually resorting to these contractionary measures that would usually be bad for the economy, bad for economic growth, just to increase the tax revenue that they're collecting, even without necessarily increasing the tax base, so that's a measure that's necessary right now, that there's no way around it, the rest comes from international health. and international partners from an economic point of view, how critical is the situation? the situation is critical, no down, but we have some certainty when it comes to the short-term budgeting and financial commitments that we are receiving, so for the year of 2025, we are hoping that we will have enough money in our treasury, now what happens afterwards

for ukraine ideally in the best case scenario to have big international. conglomerates present in ukraine and to share their knowledge and expertise and to help develop the country and create jobs, that's always positive for the economy, but we're very we are very far away from that. the cost of reconstruction and recovery is estimated to be 524 billion dollars, roughly 2.8 times the size of ukraine's economy, so where's all that money going to come from? that's a good question, it would obviously have to come over the years and it's not something that would happen instantaneously, and it would be... our main partners and donors, as mentioned before, so the eu, the us, potentially, also international organizations, the imf, the world bank, but again, you have to remember the lion share of these regions are actually in the occupied territories now. alexander, the last few months, we've seen taxes go up on everything from wages to alcohol and even on bank profits to fund the war effort. how much longer can ukraine afford to fight this war? well, i certainly can't give you an exact date afte

ukraine. i myself, i would say it's a remarkable read, but i to it because i could not get with the time that i, i first learned about it, it was only available the audiobook version and listen to it. and i can see that it is more than it's an absolutely listen. it is it's it's a great it's a great story. a very poignant story. very sad story that tells us about the struggle of one ukrainian family, which yaroslav will discuss about the backdrop to this and how came to write about this. but i was really interested in finding out about personal connection to this. so what we'll do is we'll take we'll start with yaroslav presentation, then we'll have a bit of dialog between myself and the author. and then towards the end we'll some questions from the audience after we conclude the program, you just last book will be available, purchase and you will be very happy to your copy so. without further ado yaroslav please. so let me begin by by saying this i see myself as a prolific author. you know, i

the purpose of the aim is of course to weaken ukraine. huge new tariffs aimed at the u.s. biggest trade partners, canada and mexico. these are countries with whom the us shares a free trade area. this action effectively blowing up that mexico-canada agreement. even though you're a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing. to do. there has been an avalanche of developments in the past 24 hours from the trump administration. the us pulling military aid to ukraine and opening a tariff war with its of closest trading partners. all as the us president prepares to address congress later this evening. hours after the us suspended military aid to ukraine, president zelensky reaffirmed. commitment to peace, offering an olive branch to the us after that clash in the oval office on friday. we're going to be discussing the situation in ukraine from all angles without international editor jeremy bowen. in canada, prime minister in trudo vows not to back down as he announces immediate retalatory levies to us tariffs affecting billions of dollars of go

of course, the ukraine, they border ukraine. in fact, donald trump likes to say, hey, it's europe's problem a lot more than it is america's problem. because we have an ocean between us and russia. of course, europe doesn't. what is the, what is the overriding interest for europe going forward? the problem is that you're a does not have a unified voice when it comes to ukraine and we see a division between eastern europe and western europe. then we have solves when you were in states which have a completely different balance rec perception. therefore, i think this is very problematic for europe. on the one hand, we will recall a change events of speech as a munich security conference, which has signaled that the us under the current administration is not aligned with 0 as young as europe maintains its political course. which is logical from the view of the us administration, because the, the trump administration represents more post global list project arises under global this project, which is being sought by europe. so we have

a to ukraine is a misnomer because more than half the aid does not go directly to ukraine, actually 60% of the aid is suspended'. in the united states about 25% is spent in ukraine and the final 15% is spent globally. the united states, but not only the us, als so the european union and canada were behind the regime change of ukraine in 2014, that was absolutely true, and there are unfamous pictures, unfamous videos of victoria nuland in the ukrainian capital, just promoting the protest, the interest of the united states, but also of the eu, i repeat, to the ukrainian natural resources was absolutely transparent and clear uh starting from the beginning. i'm dealing with president zelinski, i'm dealing with president putin, i'm trying to get the money back that or secured, because you know europe is given 100 billion dollars. the united states has given $350 billion dollars. because we had a stupid, incompetent president and administration, 350, but here's worse, europe gave it in the form of a loan, they get their money back, we gave it in the form of nothing, so i want them to give

they discussed the war in ukraine and the us decision to pause intelligence sharing with ukraine. the defense secretaries reflected on their historical partnership at a press conference in washington. here's a little of what secretary hegseth said. i think it's been very... encouraging to watch um our friends in the uk and in france step up to say they are prepared to take the lead to ensure an enduring peace in ukraine. what the president has also said time and time again is, let's not get ahead of ourselves, let's get both sides to the table, let's get a commitment to peace, and that is what president trump is actively doing, both with the russians and vladimir putin and also the ukrainians. secretary hegsath thart, now for more on what's been going on today, we can speak to former... us ambassador to ukraine, john herpst. thanks indeed for being with us here on bbc news. we saw there today, european leaders pledging more for ukraine, more defense aid. can they make up for the absence of the us? partly, but not entirely make up for the absence of the us. uh, the europeans do not

they discussed the war in ukraine and the u.s. decision to pause intelligence sharing with ukraine.d on their historical partnership at a press conference in washington. here is a little bit of what was said. >> i think it has been very encouraging to watch france step up to say they are ready to take the lead. the president has said time and time again, let's not get ahead of ourselves. let's get both sides to the table. it's get a commitment to peace. that is what trump is doing. anchor: for more on what has been going on today, we can speak to the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. thank you for being with us. today make up for the absence of the u.s.? >> partly but not entirely. they don't make the missiles with that range. they can partly make up for that. they have been too timid to send them to ukraine. there is no real substitute for the u.s. >> has the u.s. left ukraine exposed? not just the withdrawal but those physical parts of the military? >> this is a serious mistake of trump administration. it is clear that ukraine is ready for peace talks. the russians have disappoin

no decisions about ukraine without ukraine, no decisions about europe without europe.tive of the president, it's "uh, my objective, it's the objective um of the ukrainians and there's obviously got to be a process involved um in that. i think what's important is that um, obviously ukraine needs to be involved in those talks, but they weren't. in saudi arabia, two weeks ago, it was trump's team and russian officials discussing how to end the war in ukraine. "i came away today convinced that they are willing to begin to engage in a serious process to determine how and how quickly and through what mechanism can an end be brought to this war. trump had little sympathy for complaints that ukraine wasn't invited to the talks." today i heard, "oh, we weren't invited. well, you've been there for three years, you should have ended it three years, you should have never started it." tension was rising. between the two leaders, there now appeared a real risk of zelensky losing crucial military aid, can ukraine survive without us military support? very, very difficult, and of cours

ukraine vs.um matches only on megogo, our chance to return to the elite of the nations league and shock all of football europe. cheer on march 20th and 23rd exclusively on megogo. watch this week in the program judicial control with tatyana shustrova. competition for the high council of justice. who is applying for high positions? the seller really wanted the apartment to be sold urgently. this is what the ethics council finally recommended. the judge actually lied about all these circumstances at the interview. watch on thursday, march 20th at 17:45 program judicial control with tatyana shustrova on the espresso tv channel. putin outplayed trump. the foreign press writes in one voice: trump's peace plan will collapse. what will be the consequences of the telephone conversation between the us president and the head of the kremlin. has ukraine come closer to peace, or on the contrary, is the end of the war moving away. what? path will trump choose? put pressure on kyiv, or will he look for leverag

but ukraine, ukraine, of course, doesn't recognize that a and ukraine says that an international law doesn't recognize that either. i might add an ukraine, says, with the backing of international law and europe. and until recently, the us that that is still ukrainian territory. but what we're talking about is the fact that ukraine still actually holes a trunk of the regions that russia says it has annexed. and several of you have mentioned, well vladimir putting might actually make the demand of ukraine withdrawal from what is under international law. its own territory. he hasn't demanded task. yes. um, but as i say, that's completely unacceptable. but of course, units of both sides sets out as always, indicates the ations maxim of list positions to start with until very recently ukraine was demanding that russia withdrawal from all the tired for that is how the new thing, which was also something all the time to happen, so we have to see that, you know, in these, the next round of talks between russia in the us, just what, what russia still demands, what it's for bed to, to compromi

us, ukraine, europe, that we bring ukraine, europe, that we bring ukraine to a piece.ump is fighting for. what we all are fighting for. what we all are fighting for. what we all are fighting for. we have to make sure that, when a deal struck, that the deal is lasting. but ou that the deal is lasting. but you can't — that the deal is lasting. but you can'tjust _ that the deal is lasting. but you can'tjust move... - that the deal is lasting. but you can'tjust move... i'm sorry to interrupt but you can't just sorry to interrupt but you can'tjust move beyond it. it was donald trump himself is that either there is a deal or the us is out. you cannot move beyond that. the us is out. you cannot move beyond that-— beyond that. again, i am not auoin to beyond that. again, i am not going to comment _ beyond that. again, i am not going to comment on - beyond that. again, i am not going to comment on every l going to comment on every sentence which was uttered yesterday in the oval office. as i said, it was an unfortunate meeting and i think zelensky should fight today to restore

reality show host turn you as president for the second time met with the comedian turn president of ukraine and it was not pretty, the gathering appeared more like an act from their past lives of being on stage and entertaining people than political leaders having an official meeting. the encounter between us president donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart vladimir zelensky was not what usually happens in front of cameras, but significant historically of the way the us deals with former allies when it is through... losing them, but this time it has played out with cameras rolling for all the world to see. stay with us, as we will get our guests, but let's take a look at this report. ukrain president vlodimir zelensky's meeting with us president donald trump ended in disaster on friday after the two leaders engaged in a shouting match before the eyes of the world's media at the white house over the war with russia. president zelensky hoped he could convince united states president not to side with russian president vladimir putin by inking a deal granting washington more access to ukrai

the us has said it will immediately lift the pores on ukraine, on a to ukraine and also on intelligence sharing. also hearing in this joint statement that us and ukraine have agreed to conclude a minerals deal as soon as possible between the two countries, so just to reiterate these lines coming into us from those us-ukraine talks in saudi arabia which we've been reporting on on bbc news. us and ukraine have agreed to conclude a minerals deal as soon as possible. ukraine has now backed a us proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war. against war with russia, we're also hearing that they have agreed to conclude that minerals deal, and we are also hearing that the us will immediately lift the pores on a to ukraine and lift the pores on the sharing of intelligence to ukraine, so that really is very much a breakthrough in those talks in jedda in saudi arabia, we can cross live now to melinda herring who's a non-resident senior fellow at the... atlantic council. melinda, you're hearing these lines at the same time as i am. your response, if i may. hi, miriam. this is a very big deal, so the

at sea but not on the ground, but he says that this is a concession made by ukraine. ukraine accepts the american proposal to implement a ceasefire um on the ground as well uh as a as a as a sign of being ready to compromise and he says once again that ukraine is ready for peace and also reading vitally that president zelensky who we're seeing here in this uh playback video says the seasfire proposal covers frontline not just air and see exclusively so this is a complete cease fire which is different to what ukraine went into these talks proposing. well this is a compromise that ukraine is uh prepared to accept uh trying to work towards lasting peace and it's a compromise that... that's not as dramatic and potentially traumatic for ukraine as ukrainians had been fearing uh in the run up to these talks, because at that moment it was not clear at all what ukraine would be getting in exchange for potentially signing away its huge mineral wealth. now we're getting some clarity about how uh how this is going to work, how america is trying to get ukraine and russia to sit d

it's toll, and i think the hardest thing for ukraine's leader, i think the hardest thing for ukraine is the jepody over whether the sacrifice will be worth it, and for how much longer this war will go on for. the prospective german chancellor, has announced plans for a huge new splurge and spending on infrastructure and defence, 500 billion euros. germany. has complex rules controlling its financial outgoings, but friedrich metz has worked out an exemption, which will do away with limits on military spending. that's fine for the future, but what about now? if the united states won't police any deal it does with russia to stop the invasion of ukraine, can europe, with the help of outside countries like australia do the job. i turned to jonathan beal, the... defense correspondent for his thoughts. i think president zelensky's talked about 200,000 military personnel from other countries coming into police a ceasefire. um, that's not an offer, and it it's not even conceivable that european countries could provide that sort of number, even if there was the will, but um, it's anyway, it's

russia through ukraine. today, after watching this fracus, this this great ' um rumpus in the oval office, lensy graham came in front of the of the microphones and more or less seus all over with zelinski. now that's a tremendous change, let's keep in mind the mr. trump is primarily orchestrating things for his american audience as you expect, he's an american politician after all, and he prepared this show, he knew very well that when put on the cameras ' "zelensky would show his ugly face and people would understand that this man is not someone you can make a peace with, that was broadcast perfectly on all american channels and when lindsay backs away from ukraine, then you show how skillful a politician is donald trump. okay, well christopher, where do you see this, do you think that we're going to be seeing the end of the russia?" "the europeans will continue to support ukraine as long as they can, and of course we know they have depleted weapons, stock piles, even germany has made this clear, and they d

that a 30-day ceasefire be introduced in ukraine. so far, we've been hearing holding responses from moscow, they're saying that they need to know more about talks between a... america and ukraine that have already taken place in saudi arabia, said that that's the kremlin spokesman, he said that it would be wrong to reveal any negotiating positions, maria, the foreign ministry spokesman when she's saying contacts with americans, presumably steve witkoff, the american envoy will take place in russia today and then russia. will decide if uh it will accept the ceasefire proposal, but so far the line taken by vladimir putin and his officials has been billigerant. just yesterday the russian president visited uh kursk region uh as russian forces are making progress there and unusually he was wearing military fatigues and he ordered his troops to completely destroy, that's the phrase he used, completely... the enemy in kursk region, so all of that is hardly the look and the words from someone who is keen to send a message of peace to kieve,

he equated peace in ukraine on putin's terms. and did not rule out sending troops into ukraine. lagaro writes that with the parisian bureaucracy, these soldiers will grow old before they are sent. at the same time, the occupation of the independent country will be discussed next week in paris. in addition, macron recalled that france has nuclear weapons and proposed to open a french nuclear umbrella over europe. in other words, he proposed to protect the europeans instead of america, who no longer wants to do this, just now danish prime minister mata fredriksson said that they are ready to place nuclear weapons on the country's territory to contain the evil russians, crazy people. dear frenchmen and women, the fire in minsk, it was the same russia that violated the ceasefire. we were unable to maintain the balance due to the lack of firm guarantees. next week we will gather in paris the chiefs of staff of the countries that want to take responsibility for the future peace in ukraine. this will be a plan for an extremely strong and lasting peace that we have prepared. together wi

ukraine can rely on us. ukraine can rely on europe. we will not abandon it to its fate. and of course, we are watching the phone conversations between us president trump and russian president putin. we are not waiting for the kremlin if they reject the ceasefire, we have more cards to play, we can all see the consequences of the unprecedented g7 sanctions against the shaky russian economy. the europeans definitely have to take their share of responsibility, we britain are ramping up production of drones, ammunition training. we are calling on our allies to do the same so that ukraine is in the strongest position possible now that peace comes. "i am surprised that you say that there has not been a meeting like this for the last five years, because i feel like i meet you every week, and i think that shows good cooperation, which we have with the uk and the european union. in these turbulent times, we must work closely with partners who share the same values ​​as us. italy and spain made it clear on monday that they were not prepared to back the european union's proposal to

this morning i received an important letter from president zelensky of ukraine. it says that ukraine is ready to sit down at the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring about a lasting peace. no one wants peace more than ukrainians, he said. regarding the mineral and security agreement, ukraine is ready to sign it at any time convenient for us. i am grateful to him for the letter he sent. at the same time, we held serious negotiations with russia and received clear signals that they are ready for peace, wouldn't that be... excellent! mr. vladimir, but trump does not say under what conditions russia is ready for negotiations and it is obvious that their conditions are our capitulation, otherwise it is unlikely that putin will sit down at the negotiating table? i think that a complete capitulation will not be possible, even if we imagine a situation where our key allies also strive for this, in reality this is not the case. nobody is interested in a strong russia, but what will ukraine be like, well, there is a big discussion here, and it seems to me that there is little support

, go well for ukraine, didn't go well for ukraine, didn't go well for ukraine, didn't go well for thewell for the us. we are left here with this summit which was planned before all of in finith’ew iinth’eiwhitew”? iinth’eewhiteihouse. fififth’e’wmie’iiédse. on agenda new they naee agenda nayy they haye this the agenda now they have this issue of how to repair the eee; fit eee 5�* feee” eee president relationship between president zelensky and president trump, between and the us between ukraine and the us. they get on to other 5 points. points. they substantive points. they were obviously substantive points. theyrwere obviously to make more hoping obviously to make more progress on they can do to hoping obviously to make more progr up on they can do to hoping obviously to make more progr up on a they can do to hoping obviously to make more progr up on a deal, 1 can do to hoping obviously to make more progr up on a deal, to an do to hoping obviously to make more progr up on a deal, to bring to to the yyar leraine. an end to the war in b'kraine. also to at what we are but also to look at w

-ukraine relationship. we would argue about the narrative arc and everything, but the budapest memo is a great example. benjamin: one of the striking things about that story when we talked to diplomats at the senior levels, when you talk to people who were literally in one case my sister's college roommate, who was a 22-year-old diplomat at this time, is how guilty they feel about the budapest memorandum and there is sound from bill clinton talking about how much he regrets it. it is a thing i learned from the reporting of this, which is how many people have regrets about what we did in that context. fiona, there is city in europe that begins with bu, another european capital, that there was an understanding reached that you played a substantial role in a number of years later that also shows up as one of these kind of recurrent cycles of our not being able to kind of form a coherent policy. tell us about what happened in bucharest. fiona: on the budapest memorandum, i had mentioned edward before. when he w

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europe, well, of course with the participation of ukraine. from the point of view of contingency potential, yes. from the point of view of the availability of money, yes. but then they will either have to say that they are returning to some kind of triune alliance, or create some kind of triple alliance that really has the ability to produce both airplanes, and tanks, and missiles, well, practically and has nuclear weapons, well, except for germany, there are none for obvious reasons. that is , it is theoretically possible at the moment, but how to do it politically, are the politicians ready, who, you know, what's the matter? putin does not depend on the results of the elections, on the word in general, just tightly. and they all depend, all without exception, and therefore it is much more difficult for them in this sense. already, today. confirmed in the white house, and already in the president's office, confirmed that on tuesday, next tuesday, in riyadh, the capital of saudi arabia, there will be a meeting, which will be attended by rubio

ukraine, after the conclusion of a peace agreement , european troops may be deployed in ukraine.hey will not fight on the front lines, but will be in ukraine to guarantee full peace. the french leader also noted that russia has become a threat to all eu countries, europe has the strength and talent to compete with the us and russia. our nuclear deterrent arsenal protects us. it is complete, sovereign, french. beginning and end. since 1964 , it has always played a direct role in maintaining peace and security in europe. but responding to the call of the future chancellor of germany, i have decided to open a strategic debate on the protection of our allies on the european continent with the help of our nuclear deterrent. and to the operational situation at the front from the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. 109 combat clashes took place on the front line during. days the hardest was in the turkish direction, where our soldiers repelled 21 enemy attacks, the invaders carried out another 18 offensive actions in the pokrov direction, in the areas of yelizavetivka, prazh,

well, how will ukraine's european allies, including the british prime minister?" sakir starmer react to president trump's decision to pause military aid. we have had a statement from downing street. let's get more on all of that from our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. henry, just tell us what we're hearing from the government and other politicians on this so far. well, downing street woke up to this news like so many of us this morning. their position is that they are going to carry on as they have done. it may makes what k. starmer has been doing over the last few days more pressing, more urgent is their... that government statement that you referenced says that the uk remains absolutely committed to securing a lasting peace in ukraine and are engaging with key allies in support of this effort. what does that mean? that means that kier starmer is going to continue with that twin track approach of trying to bolster ukraine militarily as far as the uk can with its resources, while also trying to act as that bridge bringing presidents trump and zelensk

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thanks to our mechanism in ukraine and the g7 position, we have closed ukraine's budget deficit. for whole of 2025 - said the president of the european commission. and here is nato secretary general mark rutte announced the allocation of another aid package to ukraine. he wrote about this on his page on the x microblogging network. this is the former twitter following a telephone conversation with us president donald trump. he did not specify what exactly it would be, but added that it would be quote: billions in aid, plus... power to security guarantees for ukraine. in addition, the secretary general of the north atlantic alliance stressed that the allies in this military-political bloc plan to invest more in their own defense, and therefore, says mark rutte, the us and nato are becoming stronger. but the minister of defense of lithuania, dovilėša kalienė, called on europe, quote: to build up its military muscles and take a strong position in order to be a guarantee of security for others. "we must speak in unison, now is not the time for panic, let's not forget that ukraine has bee

the us, ukraine, europe that we bring ukraine to a peace.exactly what president trump is fighting for, what we all are fighting for. we have to make sure that when a deal is struck that the deal —..—.— —— we

and also you're still supporting ukraine and it will continue to support ukraine. and of course, it will not be the same without the american money without the american weapons. if trump came to decide again, as he has done for a brief period of time to stop us h to your crime. but of course your could decide to continue. it's 8 and to help ukraine fighting. so i think at some point he will come to the europeans and ask that has to ask them for things and then you are going to say, well, we want to be at the table if your domain name things from us, especially if it's supposed to hold the aid and intelligence a for ukraine. there's another figure we haven't really talked about, which is for a lot of years lensky, another important protagonist that is watching this apparently from the sidelines. he seems to be at the mercy of whatever donald trump and government putting out aside. what do you make of his role and of his leadership at this moment? it's a very difficult moment for, for the volume is ask you to. so i think they were, even though they probably had the s

he wants to subjugate ukraine.t the root causes in putin's mind that is the very existence of the state of ukraine, and therefore he will continue to fight. i hope that the president trump has now learned the lesson that the problem is not someone sciorra ukraine, but -- not someone ski or -- not zelenskyy or ukraine, but russia. it is about helping ukraine ultimately win this fight by making sure russia does not. sumi: if we point to the root causes vladimir putin used, we have heard donald trump talk about this in the past and refer to russia's frustration over the fact that they see nato enlargement as a threat to russia's security. is there a form of security for ukraine that russia would accept that does not include nato membership? ivo: unfortunately, i do not see that. i think russia believes its security requires the subjugation of ukraine. that is something that not only ukraine but the rest of the world should find unacceptable. the way in which russia will be secure is like everybody else and their neigh

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against the backdrop of the ongoing war in ukraine , underwater cables are damaged as a result. no one calls the enemy by name, but it is easy to guess that we are talking about russia. this is part of a large-scale strategy in which sweden, which has maintained neutrality for decades, is investing millions dollars in defense and is preparing civilian bomb shelters built during the cold war. nowhere are the changes in sweden more visible than here on this island. we are heading to a military base that was only built in 2018. it is home to one of the regiments that has seen the largest influx of new recruits. since 2020, the number of conscripts in the swedish army has increased from zero to hundreds, and i suspect that number will double in the coming years. the recruits undergo training similar to what this tank regiment is currently undergoing battalion. the soldiers are practicing actions to repel a potential invasion. the invasion could come from the air or from the sea, so they are preparing for it. in the event of an attack on nato, many expect russian soldiers to land fir

of ukraine.n his publications and interviews, syrakovsky emphasizes that ukrainians defend not only their country, but also the security of europe as a whole, therefore he calls for active support for ukraine and awareness joint responsibility. and the independence of ukraine was a complete priority. and there are a lot of such people in poland. i would say that polish-ukrainian relations, of course, have various social problems and grievances. but first of all, poles talk about poles in the same way, just like ukrainians do now. so those various accusations, then the problems, so to speak, are transferred to ukrainians. however, despite all this, it is limited in nature, it does not reach any serious cases. ukraine always remains in the hearts a very large number of poles. let's not let ourselves be fooled by those extreme forces in poland. poles are constantly very supportive of ukraine. we are united by our resistance and dislike of russia, and this will always unite us. that's why i'm relativ

are dying and ukraine. in this more, we all want it to come to an end. but what is for me, the europeans, they, they can, they cannot filed them, they can't imagine that russia could win win against them. of course, i think that could be the issue of re key. the ukraine is phenomenal to all of this year. it's just the europe, they, they believe so much of their own propaganda about themselves is the garden of humanity, almost infallible. they're almost kind of like, you know, is the communist party of the soviet union circuit. 1968. you know, i mean it's more loss of faith than themselves. they've never liked the americans. they are they hagley, they, they, they, they have no respect for the americans because they know the americans have no respect with them. there's no love lost here a irrespective all the nonsense you are about the transatlantic relationship, george. while the hysteria that would be subjected to right now is very familiar to anyone who has followed european politics of a decades because,

ukraine has hit moscow with dozens of drones in a massive night attack.attack on the russian capital, located hundreds of kilometers from the border with ukraine, precedes an expected meeting between top u.s. and ukrainian officials in saudi arabia on tuesday. ukraine is set to present the united states with a plan for a partial cease-fire with russia, hoping to rebuild support for a key benefactor that, under president donald trump, has demanded concessions to end a three-year war. i'm in moscow now, going to saudi arabia soon. this is a massive drone attack, i've been to ukraine, there have been a few near misses, and the same thing is happening in moscow now. it's not the action of two parties that seek peace. however, i pray for a long-term peace agreement to be concluded soon. i am making my small contribution to... so, russian air defense repelled the largest attack of ukrainian drones 337 drones were shot down, both of those killed at this minute in domodedovo, they are employees of mirotorg. the uav strike hit the parking lot at 5:00 a.m. 14 minut